Recovery and Sickness

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Recovery

Recovery noun - The act or process of getting something back.
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Sickness is an antonym for recovery.
Nearby Words: recover, recovered, recovering, recoverable

Sickness

Sickness noun - The condition of not being in good health.
Usage example: she was plagued by sickness most of her adult life
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Recovery is an antonym for sickness.
Nearby Words: sick, sicken
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How words are described

physical physical recovery physical sickness
safe safe recovery safe sickness
long long recovery long sickness
complete complete recovery complete sickness
Other adjectives: total, actual, terrible, mental, worst, recent.

Both words in one sentence

  • Played straight: And even assuming that acute radiation sickness is an instant killer, then the team - specialized in the recovery of nuclear weapons - would not have run in head first into a hot-spot without detection equipment and protective clothing.
    Source: Artistic License – Nuclear Physics
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